Man

noun men

1. An adult male human. The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.
2. collective All human males collectively: mankind. THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
3. An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc. When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men.
4. An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch. He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house[…]
5. An adult or adolescent male servant. Anyone from a right-hand man (high-ranking assistant) to a low-ranking servant.
6. dated, formal A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult. every man for himself
7. collective, dated, formal All humans collectively; mankind, humankind, humanity. How did God create man? God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
8. A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens. THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
9. A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc. For God is holde a ryghtwys man.
10. obsolete, uncommon, uncountable Manliness; the quality or state of being manly. Methought he bare himself in such a fashion, / So full of man, and sweetness in his carriage, /[…]
11. A husband. I pronounce that they are man and wife.
12. A male lover; a boyfriend. Stay away from my man!
13. A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.
14. A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.
15. A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter. "She's the man for the job."
16. historical A vassal; a subject. Like master, like man.
17. A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon. The white men are always put on that side of the board which commences by row I, and the black men are placed opposite.
18. One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made. Most machines are set to award you an extra man after 8000 points, and then after each additional 14.000 points.
19. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste. Come on, man, we've got no time to lose!
20. A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown. Near-synonyms: my man, bro, brother
21. A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact. 2018 Dinny Navaratnam, Andrews will learn from experience: Fagan Brisbane Lions, 30 July 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018. "It was a brutal return to football for Brisbane Lions defender Harris Andrews as his man Tom Hawkins booted seven goals but Lions Coach Chris Fagan said the team's defensive faults
22. slang A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.

Similar: bloke, boy, bro, broski, bruh, cat, chap, chappy, chield, cove, covey, dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)

interjection

1. Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man. Man, that was a great catch!

pronoun

1. Multicultural London English, personal, pronoun, slang Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person. Man's got some new creps.
2. Multicultural London English, personal, pronoun, slang You; construed in the third person. Man thinks I was born yesterday.
3. Multicultural London English, indefinite, personal, pronoun, slang Any person, one Man don't care.

verb mans · manning · manned

1. transitive To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex). The ship was manned with a small crew.
2. transitive To take up position in order to operate (something). Man the machine guns!
3. dated, possibly, reflexive To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.) “To stay open, the senior enlisted leader of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Forward said he needed people to cover security,” Duncan wrote. “Personnel Recovery Task Force (PRTF) Pilots, maintainers and support personnel donned their vests, helmets and M-4 rifles and manned defensive fighting positions.”
4. obsolete, transitive To wait on, attend to or escort.
5. obsolete, transitive To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.

proper noun

1. A command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.

proper noun man

1. The genus Homo.
2. poetic Humankind in general. The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although the

proper noun Mann

1. The Isle of Man; an island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea. And therefore the Bishop and clergy of Man were totally powerless to resist the alteration of doctrinal articles and rites of worship which Earls Edward and Henry, between 1521 and 1594, following the edicts of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Elizabeth, introduced into the Isle of Man.

proper noun Man. · MAN

1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Manitoba: a province of Canada.Manitoba

proper noun Mans

1. A surname from Chinese.

proper noun Mans

1. A surname from Chinese.

proper noun Man.

1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Manchester: a city in England (especially in football).Manchester

proper noun

1. A town in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.
2. A city and department in the Ivory Coast.
3. A village in Palghar district, Maharashtra, India.

proper noun Mans

1. A surname

noun MANs

1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network, a large computer network usually spanning a city.Metropolitan Area Network

proper noun Man · Man.

1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Manitoba: a province of Canada.Manitoba